1. It has a wraparound lobby that doubles as an atrium, filled with light.

2. The concert hall is circled by 10 white “sails” of fiber-reinforced concrete, which stretch to a height of about 40 feet and can function as video screens. An acoustical cloud hovers 47 feet over the stage.

3. With nary a straight line in it, the hall feels like it’s in motion. The detailing in the seats, as well as the curling wooden walls and ceiling, all echo the shape of a sine wave.

4. The 3,200-square-foot stage is made of unvarnished Alaskan cedar. It’s easily scratched and about as soft as balsa wood — but has special acoustical qualities. It’s been said to vibrate like the back of a violin.

5. The hall’s natural acoustics and audio systems — designed with input from Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) — are expected to make it unusually flexible, say its designers. It will be used for acoustic, electronic and multimedia performances and for solo recitals, as well as choral and orchestral events.

Richard Scheinin covers residential real estate for the Bay Area News Group. He has written for GQ and Rolling Stone and is the author of Field of Screams: The Dark Underside of America’s National Pastime (W.W. Norton), a history of baseball. During his 25-plus years based at The Mercury News, his work has been submitted for Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on religion, classical music and jazz. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Mercury News staff for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake. He has profiled hundreds of public figures, from Ike Turner to Tony La Russa.

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